Thursday, August 30, 2007

Gaijatra Celebrated


Gaijatra has been celebrate in kathmandu and other places of nepal. Gaijatra is a festival started by a ancient Malla king to show sympathy to her queen betrayed by the death of her son. Since then people has been celebrating gaijatra with man decorated like cow. Gai Jatra actually means something like Cow Festival. Gai means Cow in Nepal and Jatra means something like festival. Here is a pic i snapped yesterday in gaijatra.

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